Baruj Benacerraf Scientist

Baruj Benacerraf (October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self". His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 29, 1920
Birth place	Caracas , Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuela
Citizenship	Venezuela United States
Date of death	August 02, 2011
Place of death	Jamaica Plain , Massachusetts
Education	Columbia University VCU Medical Center
Known for	Major histocompatibility complex